Catch-up TV Guide: from The Wire to The Vice Guide To The Olympics

Friday 3 August 2012 19.05 EDT
First published on Friday 3 August 2012 19.05 EDT

TV: The Wire

Sky Atlantic is currently gambolling through the third and, some might argue, greatest season of David Simon's breathtaking, heartbreaking Baltimorean drama. For those with short memories, it's the season where "Bunny" Colvin comes up with a unique solution to the city's drugs problem – legalise everything. Sky subscribers can find out how well that pans out over on Sky Go, where episodes will uploaded soon after airing.

TV: A History Of Art In Three Colours

Art historian Dr James Fox, who nudged his way on to the top table of the Beeb's walk-and-talk experts with his excellent – if highly provocative – British Masters series, clearly isn't the laurel-resting type. This three-parter – all of which is available to view on iPlayer – sees Fox expand his canvas and take on the history of three of art's most prevalent colours: gold, blue and white. Naturally his kitchen-sink approach allows for digressions involving the Bank of England, fascism and electroplating.

Audio: Test Match Sofa

Cricket fans who find Radio 4's Test Match Special a touch too gentrified would do well to give Test Match Sofa – which provides a more anarchic, though still knowledge-stuffed alternative to Aggers, Blowers and co – a go. Commentary for each of England's Test, one-day and T20 matches, as well as highlights of some of the show's best moments, are available on the (other) TMS website.

TV: Jon Richardson: A Little Bit OCD

As part of Channel 4's 4 Goes Mad season, the Stand Up For The Week host looked into the lives of OCD sufferers and tried to find out whether his own obsession with micromanagement constituted a form of the illness. Still available on 4oD.

Radio: Johnny Walker's Sounds Of The Seventies

Mike Oldfield, who played a surprisingly large role in Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony, popped into Johnny Walker's Radio 2 studio to chat about his most recognised work, Tubular Bells. The episode is available to listen again to over the weekend.

Video: The Vice Guide To The Olympics

A haven for those suffering from 'lympics fatigue, Vice's series of docs consider some of the less appealing aspects of the games, from "ugly and moronic" merchandise tat, to worrying signs of social cleansing in east London. This being Vice, they also manage to find time to fit in a segment about a giant sea monster as well.